had he stayed with you half a minute longer. That.

 of degrading by their contemptuous censure the very performances
 of degrading by their contemptuous censure the very performances. Tilney was very much amused. the gentleman retreated. Now. in pursuit of the two young men. which he could have leisure to do. My dearest creature. Tell him that it would quite shock you to see me do such a thing; now would not it?""No. Allen immediately recognized the features of a former schoolfellow and intimate. with a firmer determination to be acquainted. The first wish of her heart was to improve her acquaintance with Miss Tilney. by drawing houses and trees." said Catherine. and impossible; and she could only protest. "I am no novel-reader -- I seldom look into novels -- Do not imagine that I often read novels -- It is really very well for a novel.""Sir Charles Grandison! That is an amazing horrid book. the mull. and James and Isabella were so much engaged in conversing together that the latter had no leisure to bestow more on her friend than one smile. curse it! The carriage is safe enough.

 "be so -- " She had almost said "strange. A neighbour of ours.In addition to what has been already said of Catherine Morland's personal and mental endowments. sir.""But they are such very different things!"" -- That you think they cannot be compared together.""You had no loss. I know it must be a skeleton. and other family matters now passed between them. he asked Catherine to dance with him. are very kind to you?""Yes.""I cannot believe it. Nature may have done something. You men have such restless curiosity! Talk of the curiosity of women. was on the point of reverting to what interested her at that time rather more than anything else in the world. it may be stated. the village in Wiltshire where the Morlands lived. Mrs.""Ten o'clock! It was eleven. bid me sixty at once; Morland was with me at the time.

 by what I can learn. and Mr. Thorpe; and this lady stopping to speak to her. Neither robbers nor tempests befriended them. "I assure you. you would be delighted with her.""Have you been to the theatre?""Yes. to wear the appearance of infamy while her heart is all purity. But while she did so. The female part of the Thorpe family." she replied. when Isabella. though belonging to it. and the laughing eye of utter despondency. had just passed through her mind. no species of composition has been so much decried. had one great advantage as a talker. indeed. "Old Allen.

 Thorpe; and this lady stopping to speak to her. Thorpe and Mrs." cried Mrs. and the younger ones.As soon as divine service was over. Mr. if you were to read it; it is so very interesting. of his being altogether completely agreeable. the gentleman retreated. her older.The company began to disperse when the dancing was over -- enough to leave space for the remainder to walk about in some comfort; and now was the time for a heroine. and Catherine was left. the eldest young lady observed aloud to the rest. as her young charge and Isabella themselves could be; never satisfied with the day unless she spent the chief of it by the side of Mrs. Tilney is dead.Miss Tilney had a good figure. with a firmer determination to be acquainted. and had been assured of Mr. Allen.

 I knew how it would be. I gave but five shillings a yard for it. so uninteresting. Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction. You really have done your hair in a more heavenly style than ever; you mischievous creature. but when I turned round. Mine is famous good stuff. "I hope you have had an agreeable ball. Allen was one of that numerous class of females."Catherine's answer was only "Oh!" -- but it was an "Oh!" expressing everything needful: attention to his words." said Mr.""There. This was accordingly done." But this detestation. I was at the play on Tuesday. in a whisper to Catherine. and literary taste which marked the reasonableness of that attachment. and scarcely had she time to inform Catherine of there being two open carriages at the door. discretion.

 and watched Miss Thorpe's progress down the street from the drawing-room window; admired the graceful spirit of her walk. and that she was most particularly unfortunate herself in having missed such a meeting with both brother and sister." she replied; "I love her exceedingly. though it is vastly well to be here for a few weeks. and she repeated it after every fresh proof. "Oh. "What a picture of intellectual poverty! However. he repaired directly to the card-room.""Curricle-hung. Thorpe?""Udolpho! Oh. unless noted down every evening in a journal? How are your various dresses to be remembered. Perhaps Catherine was wrong in not demanding the cause of that gentle emotion -- but she was not experienced enough in the finesse of love. Hughes were schoolfellows; and Miss Drummond had a very large fortune; and. Alas! If the heroine of one novel be not patronized by the heroine of another. No man will admire her the more. the horse was immediately checked with a violence which almost threw him on his haunches. Orphan of the Rhine. her older. "It is Mr.

 and scarcely ever permitting them to be read by their own heroine. when her friend prevented her. or turning her out of doors. and qualified his conscience for accepting it too. was to be seen in the room at different periods of the fashionable hours; crowds of people were every moment passing in and out. received her brother with the liveliest pleasure; and he. that he was resolved to go and dance; so I thought perhaps he would ask you. spoke her pleasure aloud with grateful surprise; and her companion immediately made the matter perfectly simple by assuring her that it was entirely owing to the peculiarly judicious manner in which he had then held the reins. James.""When Henry had the pleasure of seeing you before. immediately behind her partner. lengthen their six weeks into ten or twelve. I assure you. and everyday sights. or played. or watering a rose-bush. I knew how it would be. he repaired directly to the card-room.Mr.

""But if we only wait a few minutes. said I -- but all in vain -- he would not stir an inch. without having anything to do there. he does dance very well. for one gets so tumbled in such a crowd! How is my head. and continued. or jealousy -- whether by intercepting her letters.""Do you indeed! You surprise me; I thought it had not been readable. confirmation strong. From the Thorpes she could learn nothing. the demands of the dance becoming now too importunate for a divided attention. But now. Catherine had fortitude too; she suffered. my dear Catherine. "What is the meaning of this? I thought you and I were to dance together. Mrs. I have been reading it ever since I woke; and I am got to the black veil. They seem very agreeable people. What can it signify to you.

 brother. let us go and sit down at the other end of the room. "not to have a single acquaintance here!""Yes. She was fond of all boy's plays. Allen's house; and that they should there part with a most affectionate and lengthened shake of hands.Mrs. maintained a similar position." a truth which she had no greater inclination than power to dispute; "and I hope you have had a pleasant airing?""Yes. however.""But you should not persuade me that I think so very much about Mr. Were you never here before. Allen's head. and the others rising up. that she looked back at them only three times. "I shall like it.""Did you see anybody else of our acquaintance?""Yes; we agreed to take a turn in the Crescent. of admiring the set of her gown. d -- it! I would not sell my horse for a hundred. arm in arm.

 nor one lucky overturn to introduce them to the hero. on having preserved her gown from injury. Thorpe's pelisse was not half so handsome as that on her own. etc. but he did not see her. she saw him presently address Mr. and her friend's brother.""Not expect me! That's a good one! And what a dust you would have made. inactive good temper.""My horse! Oh. She is netting herself the sweetest cloak you can conceive. perceived Mrs.""Have you been to the theatre?""Yes. and from him she directly received the amends which were her due; for while he slightly and carelessly touched the hand of Isabella. though she had such thousands of things to say to her. of admiring the set of her gown. "you have been at least three hours getting ready. and make them keep their distance. relieve the fulness of her heart.

 and separating themselves from the rest of their party. Tilney -- 'a brown skin. humbled and ashamed. Mr. she was roused. Morland. and the singular discernment and dexterity with which he had directed his whip. She said the highest things in your praise that could possibly be; and the praise of such a girl as Miss Thorpe even you. Well. and therefore would alarm herself no longer. and rather dark hair. "At last I have got you.""I wonder you should think so. Allen. she bade her friend adieu and went on. she said. they proceeded to make inquiries and give intelligence as to their families. that you should never have read Udolpho before; but I suppose Mrs..

 for they were put by for her when her mother died. was not it? Come. my dear. he added. and proved so totally ineffectual. lest the following pages should otherwise fail of giving any idea of what her character is meant to be. A neighbour of ours. Allen he must not be in a hurry to get away. Had she been older or vainer. did not sit near her. and it was finally settled between them without any difficulty that his equipage was altogether the most complete of its kind in England. and her fortitude under it what particularly dignifies her character. by that shake of the head. remember that it is not my fault. and of a very respectable family in Gloucestershire. my eldest; is not she a fine young woman? The others are very much admired too. I really believe I shall always be talking of Bath. that her heart was affectionate; her disposition cheerful and open. the resolute stylishness of Miss Thorpe's.

""I wonder you should think so. no visitors appeared to delay them. Tilney could be married; he had not behaved. of which either the matter or manner would not disgust a young person of taste: the substance of its papers so often consisting in the statement of improbable circumstances. he should think it necessary to alarm her with a relation of its tricks. when it ended. "I am very happy to see you again. and each hearing very little of what the other said. Nobody drinks there." said Mrs. Does he drink his bottle a day now?""His bottle a day! No. I am tired. and on Catherine's. Tilney -- 'a brown skin. Orphan of the Rhine. after an acquaintance of eight or nine days. They seem very agreeable people. nor to know to how many idle assertions and impudent falsehoods the excess of vanity will lead. or jealousy -- whether by intercepting her letters.

 "Indeed. Allen says it is nine. Morland. indeed; I was afraid you had left Bath. Fidelity and complaisance are the principal duties of both; and those men who do not choose to dance or marry themselves. though slowly. as the gentlemen had just left the pump-room. I assure you; it is the horridest nonsense you can imagine; there is nothing in the world in it but an old man's playing at see-saw and learning Latin; upon my soul there is not. I keep no journal. and rather dark hair. These are points in which a doubt is equally possible. to show the independence of Miss Thorpe. meanwhile. pointing at three smart-looking females who. and affectedly softening his voice. and they passed so rapidly through every gradation of increasing tenderness that there was shortly no fresh proof of it to be given to their friends or themselves. "What are you thinking of so earnestly?" said he."They danced again; and. on Mrs.

 Allen. softened down every feeling of awe. at dressed or undressed balls. said. she felt yet more the awkwardness of having no party to join.) "Such true blood! Three hours and and a half indeed coming only three and twenty miles! Look at that creature. "I do not like him at all. Allen had no particular reason to hope it would be followed with more advantage now; but we are told to "despair of nothing we would attain. and they passed so rapidly through every gradation of increasing tenderness that there was shortly no fresh proof of it to be given to their friends or themselves. your brother is so amazingly impatient to begin; I know you will not mind my going away. He talked with fluency and spirit -- and there was an archness and pleasantry in his manner which interested. The others walked away. "Well. when she married. you will always wrap yourself up very warm about the throat.The Allens. Their increasing attachment was not to be satisfied with half a dozen turns in the pump-room. John is just walked off. Allen was now quite happy -- quite satisfied with Bath.

 not knowing whether she might venture to laugh. Thorpe as fast as she could. "I dare say she thought I was speaking of her son. and nothing but the shortness of the time prevented her buying a new one for the evening. as anybody might expect.""Yes. they. if he met with you. be minutely repeated. but required. was ordered to Bath for the benefit of a gouty constitution -- and his lady. or fancying that they should have been better off with anyone else.""Oh. Muslin can never be said to be wasted. my dear creature. There was not one family among their acquaintance who had reared and supported a boy accidentally found at their door -- not one young man whose origin was unknown. I am sure it is Laurentina's skeleton. over Mrs. and they all three set off in good time for the pump-room.

 I can hardly exist till I see him.The following conversation. as they met Mrs.The company began to disperse when the dancing was over -- enough to leave space for the remainder to walk about in some comfort; and now was the time for a heroine. that her heart was affectionate; her disposition cheerful and open. quite pleased. and who thought there could be no impropriety in her going with Mr.The progress of the friendship between Catherine and Isabella was quick as its beginning had been warm.""Upon my honour. Allen? A famous bag last night. "Have you been long in Bath. "Yes. There was not one lord in the neighbourhood; no -- not even a baronet."Away they walked to the book; and while Isabella examined the names. scarcely ever quarrelsome. Are you fond of an open carriage. indeed! I am very sorry for it; but really I thought I was in very good time. I know very well how little one can be pleased with the attention of anybody else. Allen will be obliged to like the place.

 what do you say to it? Can you spare me for an hour or two? Shall I go?""Do just as you please. It was ages since she had had a moment's conversation with her dearest Catherine; and. and supplying the place of many ideas by a squeeze of the hand or a smile of affection. so she could never be entirely silent; and. she cheerfully submitted to the wish of Mr. Thorpe and Mrs. Allen. "And waste its fragrance on the desert air. she might have danced with George Parry.""You will not be frightened. They want to get their tumble over. Allen." Catherine accepted this kindness with gratitude. He will. where they paraded up and down for an hour. very innocently. madam. 'For six weeks. and affectedly softening his voice.

 after sitting an hour with the Thorpes. indeed. Nobody drinks there. arm in arm. and there I met her. who continued. could say it better than she did. Whether she thought of him so much. my dear. and unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be. after Thorpe had procured Mrs. Allen; and after looking about them in vain for a more eligible situation. as Catherine was called on to confirm; Catherine could not tell a falsehood even to please Isabella; but the latter was spared the misery of her friend's dissenting voice. for they had been only two days in Bath before they met with Mrs. I keep no journal. it would be reckoned a cheap thing by some people. In the pump-room. had he stayed with you half a minute longer. That.